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Bumboo The Donkey & Other Tales: The Special Way Rural India is Learning to Read
In its Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2017, the Pratham Education Foundation, a non-profit working towards improving learning outcomes for rural children, found that nearly 25% of rural youth...
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Mysuru Fruit Seller’s Son Wins National Science Scholarship, May Get Into IISc!
In consonance with raising the spirit of building the scientific temper in India, the Department of Science and Technology under the Centre started the Kishore Vaignyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)...
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IIT Bombay Is Opening A Whole New World of Science For School Kids. Here’s How!
Devang Khakhar, Director of IIT Bombay, told the Indian Express, that the institute is planning an outreach programme where the campus is made more accessible to school and college students and...
View ArticleJEE Mains results are out; 5 things to know about the toppers
The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), held by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), is one of the biggest exams in India. The offline JEE Main Paper 1 and 2 results have been announced, with...
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This Muslim Cleric’s Initiative Helped 137 Underprivileged Students Crack JEE
This year, the JEE Main results were yet another raging success for the famous ‘Rahmani 30’, with over 137 of its minority students qualifying for the JEE Advanced exams for admissions to India’s...
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IIT Kharagpur Is Connecting The Dots Between Ancient India And Modern Science!
Did you know that, in the 5th century BC, Aryabhatta worked on the approximation of Pi and came to a conclusion that the decimal of Pi was immeasurable, meaning it is irrational? It was only in 1761...
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This Company Is Changing the Way Lakhs of Students Learn, and It Just Got...
A mother’s concern about the quality of her children’s education resulted in Chitra Ravi founding Chrysalis in 2001, which is a Chennai-based educational research and innovation organisation. She...
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Interview: Meet the Foundation All Set to Back India’s Next Big Idea in...
Through our new series ‘Make an Impact,’ we at The Better India, aim to explore the multiple facets and nuances of the social impact sector from varied perspectives—the entrepreneurs, the investors and...
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FB Post Helps Locals Crowdfund Nagaland’s 1st Independent Public Library!
With the proliferation of social media and changing mediums of reading like the Kindle, libraries across major cities in India are fading away from public imagination. Making matters worse is the...
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Mumbai Schools Start Organ Donation Lessons, Do Their Bit to Spread Awareness!
Organ donation, as a concept has only recently caught on. However, India lags behind as there is only one organ donor per one million people. The low figure can have many reasons, but the primary one...
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UP Students Invent Device to Help Keep Your Bike’s Pollution Levels in Check!
Emission norms have been made stricter over the recent past, and with BS4 vehicles plying in our streets, we are sending fewer toxins into the atmosphere than before. However, that doesn’t prevent...
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Teacher’s Unwavering Dedication Brings Electricity to Remote Maharashtra Hamlet
For 29-year-old Rajnikant Mendhe, education is of paramount importance. A resident of Pune, Rajnikant would travel about 50 km to the remote village of Chandar to teach 12 students. The last 12 km...
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Wheelchair-Bound From Age 11, This Bengaluru Boy Just Scored 94% in SSLC Exams
Despite suffering from muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder that results in the gradual weakening and breakdown of skeletal muscles, Rahul KS, a 16-year-old, earned a fantastic score of 94% in...
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20-YO Transforms Home into School, Teaches Kids of Tannery Labourers Free of...
Numerous tanneries, dilapidated homes crunched in tiny spaces, daily quarrels due to financial debts and countless children loitering on the streets. These visuals aptly described the lives of hundreds...
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CBSE Gives Sports Equal Priority, Allows 6 Champion Students to Write Exams...
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has granted six students permission to appear for their Grade X and XII examination separately. The reason for this exception was that they were...
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CBSE Result 2018 To Be Declared on Google: Here’s How To Check Your Marks...
Every year, the website of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) sees a tremendous amount of traffic on the day that the results are announced, thanks to the eager students who wait with...
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MP Teen Works as Salesgirl to Pay School Fees, Gets Merit Rank in Class 12!
For Dimple Kumawat, the struggle to study for her Class 12 board exams was no less than a fight. In addition to juggling school and exam preparations, Dimple was also working as a sales girl in a...
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Bring Better Sanitation to Villages and Win Upto Rs 2 Lakh, Says This...
India’s youth can be instrumental when it comes to implementing schemes on the ground. They have the energy and passion for learning new information, and in most cases, their enthusiasm is also fuelled...
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A Father’s Death & Abject Poverty Couldn’t Stop These Students From Acing...
Results for the board exams for classes 10 and 12 under the ICSE Board (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) were announced yesterday, May 12, 2018. Soon after, Facebook and WhatsApp groups were...
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Lucknow Boy Fulfils Father’s Last Wish, Aces ISC Exam Despite Tragedy!
For students, the Class XII exams are a make or break scenario, and during those tense times, it helps to keep a calm sense of mind. However, imagine being struck by a tragedy, just before an important...
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